AREA COOPERATIVE FOR

EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT

April 2016

ACES Mission
ACES is
committed to
providing a full
continuum of
special education
and
at-risk services
for
students in
member districts
from
pre-school
through 12th
grade, as well as,
to build the
capacity of the
educators and
school systems in
addressing the
issues that
interfere with
educational
outcomes.

ACES Vision
ACES will strive to
be a
comprehensive
program of
services for
students whose
behavioral
difficulties and
academic issues
interfere with
their educational
performance. The

Important Upcoming Monthly

Due Dates Trainings To Do List

Due 04/30/2016: FY16

Part B Budget
Application Amendments
in ePegs
Due 07/01/2016: FY17
Part B Budget
Application in ePegs

Due: 05/15/2016: Cohort

2: Initial Evaluations & C to
B Transitions in IMACS
Spring Assessment Window
Opens for MAP-A April 4th:
Check for other assessment
window dates here
http://dese.mo.gov/collegecareerreadiness/assessment
Begin collecting data for
your Graduate Follow-Up
Report for SPP Indicator 14.
Begin planning for ESY
services
o Please contact
Tamara with
questions!
Full New Certification
Begin preparing Summary
Dates: July 27th 8:00of Performance for
4:00PM or September 2nd
students who are
8:00-4:00PM
graduating or aging out of
Part B
Refresher Dates: July 28th
8:00-11:00AM or August 5th the Speech Implementer
Model.
8:00-11:00AM

New Special Education

Director Academy
(Jefferson City, MO):
July 13-15th, 2016
Contact: Kimberly

Luebbering via email at

Kimberly.Luebbering@dese.
mo.gov
Transition Institute
(Tan-Tar-A): June 28-30,
DESE Due Dates can be found
2016
here:
Register at:
http://k12reports.dese.mo.gov/Da
https://dese.mo.gov/specialta_acquisition_calendar/
education/effectivepractices/statewide-trainingopportunities.
CPI Trainings:
Northwest Technical School
Commons in Maryville, MO

Tiered Monitoring Cohort

CAP
Cohort 1
Albany
Fairfax
King City
Nodaway Holt
Pattonsburg
Stanberry
West Nodaway

2015-2016
Self-Assessment
Cohort 2
Jefferson
Maryville
North Nodaway
South Holt
Tarkio
Union Star
Worth County

Maintain
Cohort 3
Avenue City
Craig
Mound City
North Andrew
Northeast Nodaway
Rock Port
South Nodaway

Directors Desk
I hope everyone had a relaxing Spring Break, and came back ready to tackle the next 7 weeks! Here is a quick
rundown of what the month of March held for us:

This fall we will be welcoming Haley Humes from Western Illinois as our School Psychology Intern. I
would like to extend a huge thank you to Katie Neubauer, and everyone who helped to support this
new program!! More details will come as we align more of the specifics of how this service will work.

We are continuing to iron out the Medicaid billing process. Heather has done a wonderful job tackling
a lot of the logistics of this program. In the next few weeks, we will be communicating the details of
the parental consent and communication that is needed. Thank you to everyone for your patience,
and please let me know if you have questions!

ACES will continue to take care of advertising for the SLP & SLP-A for districts who use the Speech
Implementer Model.

We have begun to plan for next years services, so if you anticipate any changes in your district,
please let me know!
Be sure to get out enjoy the nice weather when you can, Tamara

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ACES Board
Meeting
Schedule

April 7th, 2016 @

12:00 PM

Area Cooperative for

Educational SupportACES

ACES

1212A S. Main
Street
Maryville, MO
64468
660.582.3768
Director
Tamara Lynn

lynnt@maryville.k12.mo.us

Office Manager
Heather Griffith
griffith@maryville.k12.mo.us

Educational
Diagnostician
Jodie Kurtz
kurtjod@maryville.k12.mo.us

Social Workers
Lisa Christmas
lisachristmas@maryville.k12.
mo.us
660.254.6136

Debbie Griffith-Fujinami
dfujinami@maryville.k12.mo.
us
660.254.6133

Donna Hurt

ACES Monthly
Data Report
March Statistics

Diagnostic Assessments: 36

School Psychologist Behavior Visits: 10

School Social Worker Visits: 55

Social Worker Trainings Conducted: 3

Director Visits: 7

Director Trainings Conducted: 3

Compliance
Corner
Required Documents for Graduating Students
(or age 21)

Summary of Performance (SOP)

o
Presented no more than 60 days prior
to graduation

NOA
o
Notice of Action-Exiting/Graduation,
Change in Services, Change in
Placement
o
Include statement about required
graduation credits under Other
Relevant Factors, i.e.-Graduation,
and change in services and
placement are contingent upon
Student meeting the graduation
requirements of the State of Missouri
and the X School District. Should
Student fail to meet the
requirements, no change in services
or placement will occur.

Destruction of Records
o
Records must be maintained for at
least 3 years following graduation or

All life is an experiment.

The more experiments you make the
better.

Special Ed Finance Reminder

The FY 16 Part B budget application may be amended through April 30, 2016. Districts should
ensure the budget application reflects all planned expenditures in the appropriate function
codes for the remainder of the year. Any budget revision requests after this date require prior
approval from the Special Education Finance Section.
If the district has already created and/or submitted a payment request for April, creating a
budget revision will cancel the payment request. Once the budget revision has been
approved, the district can resubmit the payment request for the April payment.
Also, please make sure the entire current year proportionate share amount is budgeted under
function code 1224. The prior year proportionate share CARRYOVER amount must also be
budgeted under function code 1224 unless the district received approval from the Special
Education Finance Section to release these carryover funds. If approval was obtained,
released proportionate share carryover funds must be budgeted under any function code
other than 1224.
More information and step-by-step directions on completing a budget application revision can
be found in the ePeGs Budget Application Training Guide located at
http://dese.mo.gov/sites/default/files/sef-FY16BudgetGuide.pdf. Questions may be directed by
email to spedfunding@dese.mo.gov or by calling 573-751-0622.

Mental Health Tidbits

CDC Offers New Stats on Disability Prevalence
by Shaun Heasley | March 14, 2016
More than 1 in 7 American children have a mental, behavioral or
developmental disorder, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, but prevalence is far from steady across the country.
Read more here:
https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2016/03/14/cdc-disabilityprevalence/22034/